Category Archives: Asbestos Blog
Does my commercial unit in Plymouth legally require an asbestos register?
Yes your commercial unit in Plymouth requires an asbestos register if it was built before the year 2000 and you have responsibility for its maintenance. Control of Asbestos [..]
Selling your flat in Plymouth then you may need an asbestos survey?
Few flat owners are aware that there is a requirement to carry out an asbestos survey of any communal areas. The communal areas are any shared spaces within [..]
Claire’s withdraw 3 products following asbestos scare
High street chain Claire’s has removed three make-up products from its shelves after a warning they could be contaminated with asbestos fibres. Officials in the US said samples [..]
Manufacturing firm fined for poor asbestos management
A Newcastle based Manufacturing company fined for failure to introduce an adequate asbestos management plan. The HSE found that the company failed to protect employee’s from the risk [..]
Hatch Consultancy celebrates 2nd year in the South West
Hatch Consultancy, a specialist asbestos management consultancy providing asbestos testing, asbestos surveys and asbestos consultancy services throughout Devon, Cornwall, Somerset and Dorset are celebrating the end of their second [..]
How to select an asbestos surveyor?
If you require an asbestos survey for management or refurbishment and demolition purposes then it is important to ensure that you at appoint a company or surveyor that [..]
Can I identify if a product contains asbestos? (Part 1)
Asbestos has been added to a huge variety of products and whilst certain factors will help indicate if the product contains asbestos the only way to be sure [..]
Family’s devastation at Devonport Dockyard worker’s asbestos death – aged just 44
By Plymouth Herald THE family of a tragic Devonport Dockyard worker have spoken of their devastation at losing him to asbestos-related disease. But at the age of just [..]
Housing Trust and two lift companies fined for asbestos failings.
Yet another story of incompetence – this time the culprits are a housing trust and two lift companies. The combined failures of all three parties led to the [..]
Burglars steal NPUs from a building site in Southampton!
For the full story please follow this link: http://www.dailyecho.co.uk/news/10966163.Health_alert_after_burglars_steal_deadly_asbestos_by_mistake/ The thief’s either knew what they were taking or couldn’t read as the units were clearly marked with ‘Caution [..]

